�Although many businesses have embraced e-commerce as a way to drive sales, many travel agencies still have not accessed the tools they need to take full advantage of the Internet�s vast marketing potential,� said David Lovely, CEO, GeoAgents.com.  �We are offering travel retailers marketing, promotion, supplier advertising and custom e-commerce ports for free,� added Lovely.

Apparently, the timing of GeoAgents.com could not be better for travel agents. What should be a wake-up call to travel agents is the finding that one-third of consumers who use travel agents and also use the Internet to make reservations say they expect to use travel agents less in the next two years, according to the Yesawich, Pepperdine & Brown / Yankelovich Partners 2000 National Leisure Travel MonitorSM.  Additionally, two-thirds of all leisure travelers say they plan to go on-line for travel prices and information.  

�As a result of these trends, travel agencies need to learn to market themselves and to sell to travelers via the Internet and to offer a seamless experience for their customers,� said Lovely.  �We�re here to help travel agencies stay in business and prosper,� added Lovely.  

GeoAgents.com provides travel retailers, wholesalers and tour operators with an array of Internet strategies to promote their services to their customers, free of charge.  GeoAgents.com provides travel retailers instant access to supplier products and promotions, plus private and secure e-mail, e-mail broadcasting, easy-to-use tools and templates to create web sites and graphics for their travel agencies using their technology and unlimited access to GeoAgents.com�s vast database of travel information.  

Travel suppliers, in turn, may post their promotions and products targeted directly to travel agencies, wholesalers and tour operators.  In addition, the promotions and products they post can be accessed by consumers through agency web sites using GeoAgents.com�s e-commerce solutions.  All at no cost to travel suppliers.  This gives travel suppliers access to consumers they otherwise would not reach through their own web sites and supports the efforts of their highly effective travel agency distribution network.  

GeoAgents.com provides travel retailers with technology and services to Internet-enable their businesses.  GeoAgents.com positions travel agents to capitalize on the burgeoning use of the Internet by consumers to research, purchase and manage their client�s business and vacation travel. 

GeoAgents.com offers turnkey travel web sites with private-labeled travel promotion and product content from vendors; Internet advertising and promotional services; a desktop software application, Travel DesktopTM, for support of agency operations and seamless integration with web site functionality; and training and support services.  Additionally, it provides travel industry suppliers and other businesses that advertise to travel retailers direct access to travel agencies.